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Queen Alexandra Range 97003

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 97003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 97003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 0.9 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 21(2)	(1998)	C2
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	C2
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	C2
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	C2
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 33(1)	(2010)	CM2
Recommended:			CM2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 636 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites

Comments:

Field number: 9111
Revised 28 Oct 2019: Corrected mass, per JSC

Writeup

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Writeup from AMN 21(2):

Sample No.:	QUE97003; QUE97005
Location:	Queen Alexandria Range
Dimensions (cm):	1.0x0.75x0.75; 1.0x1.0x0.5
Weight (g):	0.90; 0.72
Meteorite Type:	C2 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
Small patchy black fusion crust is visible on the exterior. Exposed interior has black matrix with white mm to sub-mm sized white chondrules. There are some dull rusty circular stains present. The interior is a dull black matrix with numerous yellowish and white chondrules and metal grains. Irregularly shaped clasts are present and are mm to sub-mm in size.

Thin Sections (QUE97003,5; 97005,5) Description: Tim McCoy


QUE97003	QUE97005

A single description can be given for these sections. They consist of small chondrules (up to 0.8 mm), aggregates and mineral grains in a black matrix. Olivine compositions range from Fa_0-46, with most Fa_0-2. Low-Ca pyroxene is Fs_1-2. The matrix is composed dominantly of Fe-rich serpentine. The meteorites are C2 chondrites and pairing with the QUE 93004 pairing group is possible.

Data from:
  MB83
  Table A1
  Line 318:

Origin or pseudonym:	Mare Meteoriticus
Mass (g):	0.9
Class:	C2
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	0-32
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1-2
Comments:	93004 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 21(2) (1998), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)

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Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84°S, 168°E)
Recommended::	(84° 33' 45"S, 162° 5' 31"E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 90.9 km apart

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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